Artists are nearest God. Into their souls he breathes his life, and from their hands it comes in fair, articulate forms to bless the world.

Character lives in a man, reputation outside of him.

Laws are the very bulkwarks of liberty; they define every man's rights, and defend the individual liberties of all men.

God pity the man of science who believes in nothing but what he can prove by scientific methods; for if ever a human being needed divine pity, he does.

There is no point where art so nearly touches nature as when it appears in the form of words.

No man ever feels the restraint of law so long as he remains within the sphere of his liberty -- a sphere, by the way, always large enough for the full exercise of his powers and the supply of all his legitimate wants.

Of all the advantages which come to any young man ... poverty is the greatest.